Two brothers who followed a 72-year-old woman home and pushed her to write almost €25,000 in cheques to buy power tools, chainsaws and generators from them, have been jailed for two years each. The court heard the men travelled to west Cork on November 20th, 2018 and stayed the night. George, who gardaí established was Thomas O’Driscoll, began filling a room in her home with machinery and tools whilst Patrick O’Driscoll continued the conversation. VulnerableThe court heard the woman started to feel vulnerable as Patrick O’Driscoll became more aggressive and the men told her to write six cheques, which she made out for almost €25,000 in total. Ray Boland, barrister for Patrick O’Driscoll, appealed for leniency given that his client had never been before the circuit court previously.

Source: The Irish Times November 03, 2020 14:43 UTC